RNZ: Our Changing World

University of Otago researchers decode the mitochondrial genome of the first people to arrive in New Zealand

Simon Malpas is monitoring chronic cardiovascular disease remotely in animal models

The 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and the sewage outfall diversion have had profound impacts on the Heathcote-Avon Estuary

David Winter, evolutionary geneticist and science blogger, goes in search of spineless life in his garden

Dion O'Neale and Shaun Hendy have found that the distribution of different countries' patents are well-described by power laws

The team behind the discovery of a new human species in Indonesia discusses the latest excavations and findings

Acetic acid is the enemy of old textiles, but a chemist and museum conservator have found a way of rescuing fragile old cloaks

Different varieties of harakeke that are important for Maori weaving are being grown at Lincoln

Bronwen Connor has converted human skin cells directly into immature brain cells enabling the study of neurological diseases

A joint University of Auckland and MIT team are working on a quiet painless needle-free injection

Food protein scientists and co-directors of the Riddet Institute win top PM's Science Prize

The 19th and last mystery sound from the Our Changing World opening theme

Year 7 and 8 students are building rockets that can take a raw egg up to 150 metres and then return it safely to Earth

Nearly 70 scientists were at the launch of a group which aims to support early- and mid- career researchers in Wellington

Abby Rajendran is working on a new device for stroke rehabilitation that uses magnetorheological fluid